Diocese of Valledupar
| Diocese of Valledupar | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Barranquilla |
| Diocesan bishop | Oscar José Vélez Isaza CMF |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui |
| founding | 1952 |
| surface | 26,630 km² |
| Parishes | 73 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 978.718 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 853,867 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 87.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 89 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,803 |
| Friars | 11 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 70 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario |
| Website | http://www.diocesisdevalledupar.org/ |
The Diocese of Valledupar ( lat. : Dioecesis Valleduparensis , span. : Diócesis de Valledupar ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Valledupar .
history
The diocese Valledupar was on December 4, 1952 by Pope Pius XII. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Guajira as the Apostolic Vicariate Valledupar . On April 25, 1969, the Apostolic Vicariate Valledupar was by Pope Paul VI. raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Barranquilla as a suffragan . The diocese of Valledupar gave on January 17, 2006 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of El Banco .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Valledupar
- Vicente Roig y Villalba OFMCap , 1952-1969
Bishops of Valledupar
- Vicente Roig y Villalba OFMCap, 1969-1977
- José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui , 1977-2003
- Oscar José Vélez Isaza CMF , since 2003
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Valledupar - Collection of images, videos and audio files
